• The Diatribe Against Doping

    The Diatribe Against Doping

    By -Rishika Mendiratta (Founder and Managing Editor at KhelAdhikar) The quote by Mae West, -“The score never interested me, only the game”, aptly summarises the fight against doping in sport. Every revelation about an athlete who had indulged in doping, whether, it was Ben Johnson, Lance Armstrong, Tyson Gay or Maria Sharapova, has saddened and…

  • The Problem of Age Fraud in Indian Sports

    The Problem of Age Fraud in Indian Sports

    By Rishika Mendiratta (Founding and Managing Editor at KhelAdhikar) The age-old saying, “Once the game is over, the king and the pawn game go back in the same box”, highlights the importance of the ephemeral life of any sport and the players who are a part of it. Unfortunately, this ideal of Fair Play has…

  • PPP IN SPORTS

    PPP IN SPORTS

    By Rishika Mendiratta (Founder and Managing Editor at KhelAdhikar) The diversification in the manner and ways of playing sports along with changes in technology have resulted in greater sophistication in the requirement of the sporting infrastructure. The Commonwealth Games, 2010 (CWG, 2010) and Formula One were the two mega-sporting events which India had organised recently…

  • CHALLENGES OF ENFORCING CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sports) AWARDS: The Pechstein Case

    CHALLENGES OF ENFORCING CAS (Court of Arbitration for Sports) AWARDS: The Pechstein Case

    By Rishika Mendiratta (Founder and Managing Editor at KhelAdhikar) This article focuses on the case of a German Cyclist, Claudia Pechstein. The case received a lot of attention at the global level because of the media coverage on her seven-year-long battle against a two-year suspension imposed on her for a disputed doping rules violation has…

  • Doping-A menace

    Doping-A menace

    By Rishika Mendiratta (Founder and Managing Editor at KhelAdhikar) That brazenness… I just did not have the switch to turn that off. It helped me on the bike but it also got me where I am today. –Lance Armstrong This quote of Lance Armstrong is a symbolism of the apathy of all the sportspersons who…

  • The influx of legal jargons for the removal of panjandrums

    The influx of legal jargons for the removal of panjandrums

    By-Rishika Mendiratta (Founder and Managing Editor at KhelAdhikar) Reagan once said, “Status quo is the mess we are in.” Sports administration is the backbone for the growth and development of the athletes, sports organizations, professional and semi- professional leagues. It provides the necessary impetus for changing the sporting performance of any nation. The love-hate relationship…

  • THE DUBIOUS VERACITY OF SHARAPOVA’S CLAIMS (Analysing the International Tennis Federation v. Maria Sharapova decision)

    THE DUBIOUS VERACITY OF SHARAPOVA’S CLAIMS (Analysing the International Tennis Federation v. Maria Sharapova decision)

    By Rishika Mendiratta (Founder and Managing Editor at KhelAdhikar) “Sports does not build character, it reveals it.”- Heywood Broun The fight against doping is not about good over evil, right versus wrong, the conflict between morality and sinfulness. Rather it is about equality of opportunity, preserving the spirit of sports, and the purity of emotion…